Crenic habitats, hotspots for freshwater biodiversity conservation: Toward an understanding of their ecology

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 463-480

  Cantonati, Marco ^a   Füreder, Leopold ^b   Gerecke, Reinhard ^c   Jüttner, Ingrid ^d   Cox, Eileen J ^e  

^a Museo delle Scienze   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conservation; ecology; flow permanence and variability; freshwater biodiversity; least impaired habitat relicts; Red List species; species richness; springs

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HOT SPOT; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84884375506     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-111.1     Document Type: Article

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